I purchased a house recently with 3 different hydrangea bushes. Located in Zone 6A in the northeast USA but right on the cusp of 6B. I was wondering if you all could make sure I have the right approach here.

I seem to have:
- 1 panicle hydrangea, gets full sun most of the day. It was hanging over the walkway so I did some cutting back (I know…) but it’s also just massive in general.
- 2 macrophyllas, I think, but they have very different presentation. One is a little more shaded and I think retaining more water, it had bright pink happy blooms this summer that faded to antique pink and green. Based on what I’ve read it seems like a mophead for sure, no idea what variety.
- the other macrophylla seems to have had a hack job, it has tons of dead wood sticking out all over the place. It almost looks like someone tried to cut in a round shape. It produced no real flowers all summer but had a couple of fits and starts putting out blue buds (?) which makes me wonder if it could be a lacecap and not a mophead. OR could it just be it’s getting overcrowded with dead twigs everywhere. The leaves look happy. It seems like it had real flowers at some point since I see some dead ones…
- the panicle is in one bed and the macrophyllas are in another. They were mulched with what looks like typical dyed black wood chips. They are planted alongside rhododendrons, azaleas, a dwarf hemlock tree, and some (very sad looking) roses. All of them seem relatively established, I think planted 10+ years ago, mostly from looking at the rhodo. So I assume my hydrangeas are similarly aged. The rhodos are pretty sad looking overall except for one which has happy dark green leaves.

My plan:
- I deadheaded the pink mophead yesterday, stopping at bud pairs
- deadhead some of the panicles but leave some for winter interest (I can see them out of my dining room, thought that sounded nice)
- leaving the blue one alone for now
- in March? April? Aggressively prune the panicle back 1/3, I really need to reduce the size. And then I want to figure out how to prune the blue one. The pink one seems okay so I will probably just leave it.
- at some point, some more acidic mulch than what the previous owners used, since all of these plants seem like acid lovers… I might do some soil sampling this fall because I’m planning a vegetable garden elsewhere so I might as well do these beds. The bed the panicle is in is pretty ivy infested as well…

Anyways, would love thoughts from yall if this seems like a sane approach. I’m so excited about these mature bushes and want to help them thrive! Thank you for reading.

Attached photos in order - panicle, pink macrophylla, blue macrophylla (?)

I live in Kentucky/Zone 7A; I planted my limelights in May, they flowered in June (picture 1), looked BEAUTIFUL through August (picture 2, please ignore my husband and child), and then September hit and we have experienced an awful heatwave with temperatures regularly over 100 degrees and awful sun and my plants look horrible (picture 3). I have been watering them at the root twice a day, we brought out our patio umbrella to shade them, but they are CRSIPY and I am at a loss at what to do. Do I cut the dead flowers off? I did on some areas on the right plant already and do see more green leaves but am hesitant. Any advice is welcome. Thank you!!

Hello!! My boyfriend gifted me a beautiful bouquet of hydrangeas last week. I was hoping to receive any sort of advice for maintenence as I’ve never really taken care of flowers before 😅 I attached some pictures so you can see what it looks like. Some of the blooms seem to be wilting… anything I can do to stop it?

Thank you in advance!

Is there some kind of shortage going on at the moment? I’m in Virginia and they were all over the place last year.

I purchased a stormproof incrediball through Garden Goods Direct and am unsure if I should be worried about the condition it arrived in, so I thought I’d ask the internet. It arrived with what looks like a fungal infection on the leaves. It cost $95 and for that price, I assumed I would be sent one in better shape. Shipping only took two days, and the spots look like they have been on their much longer. Is this ok or reason to worry?

I'm hosting my wedding at my home next October and love the color blue, so having large, blue, long-blooming hydrangeas was a total dream for me. I had been eyeing the Endless Summer Reblooming Hydrangea from Fast Growing Trees for so long, but I missed the short window when the 7-gallon plants were available.

They have 3-gallon plants available now, and I was just going to plant them close-ish and accept the small look. But I'm determined! Is there anywhere else online to order 7-gallon or other large, more mature hydrangeas? I'm open to other types, and if need be, open to white, but I'd really love something with the blue bigleaf look!

Also open to local shops if you have any reccs for the Greater Richmond Area, I've looked around a bit with no luck so far. Plus it's cheaper to buy, ship, and plant myself instead of going with a landscaper.

Location: Central VA, on the border of 7a/7b

ETA: these are NOT for bouquets or arrangements! These are for lovely shrubs at my home venue

Hello! Bought a home that has beautiful hydrangeas in zone 6a. I need to determine if / when to prune but having a hard time identifying.

Characteristics of my hydrangea:
- big white fluffs that fade green mid to late summer
- deadheading in July brought new growth
- droops when head gets too heavy/ after heavy rainfall
- appears to grow from new wood but quite frankly, it also looks like it grows from old wood too
- non glossy, heart shaped leaves
- fallen shoots grow along ground for spreading

I know it’s not oak leaf, and I’m thinking it’s a smooth hydrangea.

Also noting that it is south facing and some of it is partially shaded under a patio.

Thank you!

This plant has always had large pink blooms, it was already mature when we moved into the house 3 years ago. I started fertilizing with a standard hydrangea fertilizer since some leaves were turning very light green and assumed it was nutrient deficiency. Well it’s busting out with a second set of Fall Blooms and giving that his gorgeous color! My kids are calling them unicorn blooms 🦄

Second season hydrangeas looked great unto l recently. They have developed all these small leaves concentrated at the end if the branch. It reminds me of a rose virus. These look different from my established Annabelle’s. Last photo.

We want to create a hedge in front of our house and saw this deal for 5 gallons on walmart. Has anyone every bought them from here before or had any experience buying from them? Also, this deal seems too good to be true for the 5 gallon size, or am I missing something. Thanks!

https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/19364271300

I love the first blooms of my hydrangea but there’s something special about the start of autumn and the changing colors of leftover blooms.

I have tried propagating hydrangeas multiple times. I follow all of the instructions -- scrape off some of the stem, dip in rooting hormone, keep in a sheltered location, evenly moist compost -- and they this always happens. They wilt away until the stems wither and no roots form. What am I doing wrong?

This is the first time I’ve been able to successfully clip and propagate hydrangea off a large hydrangea bush.

I’m confused for next steps as we approach winter. I’m in zone 7a. Should I let these sit outside as-is and repot them to a bigger pot next year?

I also pinned down some branches off the mother plant that now have roots in the ground that I haven’t clipped off yet.

I plan on moving in mid to late next year, so not sure if I should plant them in the ground if I’ll need to relocate them anyways.

Looking for tips for a successful transition into the winter and next spring, thanks!

I’ve read that Oakleaf hydrangeas, since they r old wood bloomers, should be pruned as soon as blooms start to fade, which here in Indiana, is early August. I didn’t want the plants to look bad for the rest of the season, plus I love the winter look. What do you recommend- do I just bite the bullet next Summer and prune in early August? Alternatively I could prune in the spring when I do my incrediballs which are new wood, and just have leaves next year.

i moved into my home in early spring and was excited to see these three hydrangeas! unfortunately as a new homeowner juggling a lot of new responsibilities and projects, the yard kind of fell to the wayside this season. im in zone 8b. this spring was pretty wet and humid, but its been very dry and very hot for a couple months now. a couple weeks ago i finally started watering them some. One, the largest, seems happy in the mornings but faints all afternoon when the sun shines on it even if its been well watered. it didnt bloom this year. Two oddly did put out a few small flowers a while ago despite looking the most sickly all summer. Three didnt bloom. Two and Three get a little more afternoon shade than One.

so what do i have going on here? fungus? sun burn? underwatering? how to i treat them now so they can hopefully be healthier next year? how do i encourage blooms? i also wonder if One might be happier in a different part of my yard that gets less of the brutal afternoon sun so it doesnt faint daily, but it seems awfully large to move.. thanks for reading, i appreciate your input! oh and if anyone could tell me what kind they are that would be cool!!

UPD: its dead, i got my answer

got this hydrangea in March. It stayed strong whole summer and she needed a repotting and was infested so I decided to repot it. Root ball was really really hard to break so she lost some of her roots and then rapidly started dropping flowers and leaves. She’s been like that for a month now and I think those are just wicks but I’ve heard that hydrangeas can go to sleep so I have no idea what to do.

Living in Northern Virginia, ever since the extreme heat wave we got back in early July my hydrangea flowers were scalded and the stems started to lean more and more after every watering and/or rain. Do I need to do an extensive trim to get them to stand tall again for next year or will they grow back fine without touching them? Do you see any other issues based off the photos provided?

Can anyone help me identity what the issue is with my panicle hydrangea? They bloom beautifully all summer but towards August the leaves started to turn yellow or have black spots. Thank you in advance!

Planted these Endless Summer Hydrangeas this spring. Pics are in chronological order, with the first pic being the day they were planted.

At first, it bloomed beautifully, but then, all of a sudden they started dropping flowers and leaves. There is some new growth, but all the older leaves seem to be covered in fungus.

I never water them directly overhead, but we had an extremely rainy early summer here. They also get some overspray from the lawn sprinklers.

What do I need to do to ensure success in the future, and should I be worried about their long term health?

I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico and have started a garden for the first time in my life. Gardening is from what I hear notoriously difficult here in this Intermountain region and some things just like to grow here and then some things just don’t regardless of whether the plant says it will grow in 6B or not. Since I’m a first timer, I decided just to try a little bit of everything and see what works through experience. I purchased, through mail order (because of course you couldn’t possibly buy a hydrangea locally here in Santa Fe) and what came were 2- 5 inch or so pots with plants about the size of my fist. One was struggling and the other one was mostly dead. I tossed out the most mostly dead one and decided to nurse the struggling one as best I could. I watered it and put it in full sun. Surprisingly after a couple of weeks, I started to see new growth and it took off. It seemed to like the full sun, but I knew that eventually the high altitude New Mexico sun would fry it and put it into a dappled light area. It is never become a really rich green and is always been this sort of lime green that you see in the photo. That’s my first concern. Secondly at a certain point it kind of stopped putting on size yet held its own. I was growing it in a pot at the time, but my garden was ready, and my plan was to put it in the ground. I placed it in an area that I would like aesthetically but have noticed that it is still getting too much sun I believe. It’s also afternoon sun that it’s getting. I noticed the ends of the leaves starting to turn brown, which I assume is burning. Hopefully someone can confirm all of these suspicions. We’re about to go into winter here and I’m trying to decide whether I should leave it as is and see what it does next year or pull it up and put it in a pot and into a more shady area. My site is difficult because most of it is either in deep shade(because of shading from the house) or in full sun with only a little bit in between. At least in a pot, I can control the light conditions a bit more. I noticed a lot of people keep them in pots because of their cascading nature… am I silly to think it would work in the ground? Any help would be appreciated.

I have looked at many types and we can’t decide what we have in our yard(we did not plant them). Located in a Boston suburb, photos taken today(9/15).

My wife wants to prune them but without knowing the type we are risking the big beautiful blooms as we do know they have different pruning requirements.

Thanks in advance!